Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Parliament: | New South Wales |
Term Start: | 23 March 2019 |
Predecessor: | Kevin Humphries |
Successor: | Incumbent |
Constituency Mp: | Barwon |
Birth Date: | 1977 3, df=yes |
Party: | Independent (2022–present) |
Otherparty: | Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (2019–2022) |
Residence: | Mendooran[1] |
Occupation: | Western Region Manager of the NSW Police senior vice president of Sporting Shooters Australia |
Royal Francis Butler (born 22 March 1977)[2] is an Australian politician who has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since March 2019, representing the electoral district of Barwon as an independent.[3] He is a former member of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party.[4] [5]
Prior to entering politics, Butler was a public servant, working as the Western Region Manager of the NSW Police. He is the senior vice president of Sporting Shooters Australia. He has a master's degree in public administration.[6] [7]
On 12 December 2022, Butler resigned from the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party over disparaging comments made by the party leader, Robert Borsak, about former party member-turned-independent MP, Helen Dalton.[8]